#BDA854#BDA854

#BDA854 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.107 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BDA854
RGB	rgb(189, 168, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.1%, 55.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, -3.03, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 45.67, 93.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0104 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.107 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5905, 39.4658, 14.0761)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BDA854 #5469BD

analogous

#BD7354 #BDA854 #9DBD54

triadic

#BDA854 #54BDA8 #A854BD

tetradic

#BDA854 #54BD73 #5469BD #BD549D

square

#BDA854 #54BD73 #5469BD #BD549D

split-complementary

#BDA854 #549DBD #7354BD

monochromatic

#6D5F2A #99863B #BDA854 #CEBE80 #DFD5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#BDA854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#BDA854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BDA854

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BDA854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BDA854	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bda854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 168, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.107 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d3c186',
    500: '#bda854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bda854;
$custom-light: #d3c186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bda854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73251,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BDA854

secondary

#A0A9CD

accent

#6DD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BDA854

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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